270 Mr. J. W. Piyde o)i Annelida PoJychceta 



The present specimen was obtained at Station 18 A, 

 60° 57' N., 5° 47' W., and at a depth of 384 ra. It was taken 

 along with N. cceca and some LuuibiiconereidEB. The body 

 has about 95 segments, and is slightly tapered anteriorly, 

 more so posteriorly, and ends in a caudal cirrus. The foot * 

 resembles that of N. c(vca, but the lamellaj are not so well 

 developed, and so the species can be readily differentiated. 

 The tentacles, moreover, are more slender than those of 

 N. cceca, and so another point of difference arises. The gut 

 contained diatoms, mud, and small larvae, many of which 

 were fragmentary. The specimen was not mature. 



Nephthys cirrosa, Ehlers, 1868. 



Several fragments of this annelid were dredged at 

 Station 7, 61° 00' N., 2° 1' E., at a depth of 15 fathoms, and 

 all the fragments denote that the entire annelids were small. 

 There is no mention of A^. cirrosa in the * Challenger ' 

 lieports. Izuka records none from Japanese waters, and 

 Ileinen makes no mention of any from his North Sea investi- 

 gations. Tlie Ray Society Monograph, however, gives the 

 following as its habitat : — Channel Islands, Herm, Guernsey, 

 and in sand under stones in Galway, Ireland (M'Tntosh) ; 

 shores of France, Dinard and Croisic [Baron de St. Joseph) ; 

 Norway (^Canon Norman^ ; Strait of IMagellan (^Ehlers). 



There was nothing of outstanding interest about any of the 

 fragments, and none showed any signs of maturity. 



Nephthys f/nchei, M'Intosh, 1900. 



Only one specimen of this annelid was obtained. It oc- 

 curred in haul 187 and was trawled at the depth of 545- 

 788 m. In the Monograph (vol. ii. part i. p. 33) this 

 creature was found at a depth of 540 fathoms in the ' Knight 

 Errant' Expedition. No record of it occu)S in Prof. Izuka's 

 work nor in 'Challenger' Reports. The specimen is very 

 8n)all and very much shrivelled, having been badly scorched 

 in the fire. Ideniitication was made from the structure of 

 the feet and the bristles. 



Family PhyllodocidsB. 



Genus NoTOPiiYLLUM, ffiisted, 1843. 



Noto2)hylliim foliosum, Sars, 1835. 



The tube containing this specimen, which is the only 

 rcjiresentative of the I'hyllodoeidaj, had no label, and consc- 

 • Vkle * Monogra])li,' vol. ii. part i. jil. Lwi. fi^'s. 1 & 9. 



